River of Grass Greenway - Community Workshop

The ROGG's vision is a non-motorized transportation and recreation corridor across the Everglades connecting Naples and Miami that promotes enhanced opportunities for education and stewardship of the environmental and cultural assets of this unique area.

This event is free and open to the public to come and go as they please during posted dates and times.

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Dear Miami, I hope all of you will question how many people will this project safely move from to home to work, school and shopping. If it doesn't do this, then this project should be shelved and the money spent providing safe infrastructure within the city.

I've done the 260-mile stretch between Miami and Tampa on the shoulders of the Tamiami Trail in different routes of my project. As @Bike Jax says, I think that in this particular case they should spend the money in something more useful for lots of reasons. Maybe a good campaign in favour of bicycling despite the Oil Fever would be better. Another thing is what people doesn't want to realize is that right now in Dade County only 32% of the population speaks English (according to Wikipedia) and +50 speaks Spanish. (Almost 25% in Florida) So, if somebody wants to make changes has to campaign also in Spanish. I'm frustrated, I have to tell you that, I've been writing for almost three years about history and bicycle touring around the "Sunshine State" and I've done thousands of miles and stuff no one did before but there's a long way to go in order to make changes and to reach people. Make'em see all the advantages of removing their butts from the driver seats and putting it on a saddle and you'll see it happening...

I am one of the AECOM planning consultants working on this project and I wanted to thank you for your interest, if cautious at best, in our project and provide a few additional details which may alleviate some of your concerns.

This project is merely a feasibility study to determine whether or not a trail like this is possible. The funding for the study is coming from a National Parks Service grant, with Miami-Dade County as the project administrator (rather than being funded by Miami-Dade County). One of the core objectives of the project is to find transportation alternatives (such as a trail, shuttle services, etc.) that alleviate some of the vehicular traffic going to and from the six (6) State or Federal Parks/Preserves along the ROGG corridor (hence the NPS funding).

As a South Florida resident, I can attest to the need for additional inner-city bike routes and trails, and would encourage you to continue to lobby your local representatives regarding those issues. To find out more about the intent of this specific project, please check out the following websites, both of which allow and encourage open public comment. Please encourage your peers to "like" us on Facebook and you will receive automatic updates regarding this, and other similar initiatives.